gender and the politics of popular culture Tasker, Yvonne 1964- Negra, Diane 1966- text bibliography ncu Durham, [N.C.] Duke University Press c2007 2007 monographic eng

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vi, 344 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Brings feminist critique to bear on contemporary "postfeminist" mass media culture, analyzing phenomena ranging from female action films to the "girling" of aging women in productions such as the movie Something's Gotta Give and the British television series 10 Years Younger. Postfeminism and popular culture : Bridget Jones and the new gender regime / Angela McRobbie -- Mass magazine cover girls : some reflections on postfeminist girls and postfeminism's daughters / Sarah Projansky -- Living a charmed life : the magic of postfeminist sisterhood / Hannah E. Sanders -- "I hate my job, I hate everybody here" : adultery, boredom, and the "working girl" in twenty-first-century American cinema / Suzanne Leonard -- Remapping the resonances of riot grrrl : feminisms, postfeminisms and "processes" of punk / Anna Feigenbaum -- Killing Bill : rethinking feminism and film violence / Lisa Coulthard -- Queer eye for the straight guise : camp, postfeminism, and the fab five's makeovers of masculinity / Steven Cohan -- What's your flava? race and postfeminism in media culture / Sarah Banet-Weiser -- The fashion police : governing the self in what not to wear / Martin Roberts -- Divas, evil black bitches, and bitter black women : African American women in postfeminist and post-civil-rights popular culture / Kimberly Springer -- Subjects of rejuvenation : aging in postfeminist culture / Sadie Wearing. edited by Yvonne Tasker and Diane Negra. Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-330) and index. ENH Feminist theory Popular culture English language Sex role Mass media and women HQ1190 .I58 2007 305.4201 9780822340140 (alk. paper) 9780822340324 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2007016094 Ayesha Abed Library DLC 180917 20211121161321.0 33800